Sökning: "Ex-gang member"
Hittade 2 uppsatser innehållade orden Ex-gang member.
1. Reintegration processes of former gang members and former combatants
Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)Sammanfattning : In a world where conflict is common, effective programs for reintegration of the combatants must exist for the post conflict societies. There is also a growing presence not only of gangs, but also of reintegration programs for those that chose to leave said gangs. LÄS MER
2. Becoming a Citizen:The Process of Leaving a Gang in Cape Town, South Africa
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan; Lunds universitet/SociologiSammanfattning : This study investigates the process of how eight people left competing informal institutions, in the form of gangs, to join substitutive informal institutions, which is more compatible with a democratic society, and in this way became ‘good citizens’. The research question is as follows: How do ex-gang members explain their change in lifestyle, from past involvement in gangs to the subsequent transformation in their present day lives? Life-story interviews have been carried out with former gang members that have then been transcribed and analysed in alignment with Riessman’s (2008) dialogic/performance analysis and Rose Ebough´s (1988) Role-exit theory. LÄS MER